Baby&#39;s waterproof bunting



April 20, 1954 L. JACKSON $675,552

' BABY'S WATERPROOF BUNTING- Filed June 11, 1951 v INVENTOR. Lillian cZZzcksmz/ Patented Apr. 20, 1954 BABYS WATERPROOF BUNTING Lillian Jackson, Chicago, Ill., assignor of onehalf to Margaret Wilson, Chicago, Ill.

Application June 11, 1951, Serial No. 230,990

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a baby bunting and more particularly to a waterproof bunting designed to protect a baby and its clothes from rain and snow rather than to provide warmth.

Waterproof baby buntings or raincoat buntings would become much more popular it they could be used for a longer period of time during the babys growth. They are only used occasionally, and they will not be purchased in quantities unless they can be used for two or three years instead of two or three months.

The first object of the invention is to provide a baby bunting whose length may be adjusted.

The second object is to provide an improved arrangement of folds in such a garment for holding fasteners.

These and such other objects as may hereinafter appear are attained in the embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the garment with the bottom flap open;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the garment with the bottom flap fastened to the second row of fasteners; and,

Figure 3 is a view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Continuing to refer to the drawings, the numeral i identifies the garment which was formed out of a single sheet of thin waterproof plastic sheeting. The garment I0 may be said to consist of a main panel 12 having two front vertical edges 14 and it, which may be vertically folded upon themselves to form a stronger base into which may be clamped the two component parts 13 and 20 of a sna fastener. Shoulder portions 22 and 24 are formed so as to form a restricted neck 26 to which is fastened in a conventional way the hood 28. Those portions of the two sides of the panel which become the front of the garment, namely 30 and 32, each carry diagonal pleats 34, 36, 38 and 40, 42 and 44. Referring to Figure 3, it will be noticed that the pleat is formed with the outer fold 46 below the inner told 48, instead of the other way around so that pockets will not be formed for the collection of rain drops. A row of snap fasteners is mounted on each transverse pleat. as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The sheet material is very thin and unless two or more folds are used in which to clamp the elements of the snap fasteners, they readily tear out.

The rear portion of the panel l2, indicated by the numeral 50 in Figure 1, carries a depending tongue or flap 52 having a V-shape as indicated with snap fasteners such as 54 and 56 suitably spaced to engage the snap fasteners in any one of the horizontal rows 34, 40, or 35, 42, or 38, 44. The use of the bunting is self-evident. When the baby is small, the flap 52 will be fastened to the upper row of snaps 34, 40. In so doing, the lower front of the garment will be folded up upon itself along with the fiap 52. As the baby grows, the next lower row will be used, and finally the last row. This makes the garment much more practical as it is used primarily in rainy weather and constitutes an additional baby accessory which is justified financially only by a comparatively long period of use.

Having thus described the invention, applicant claims:

A bunting comprising a wrap-around panel having vertical edges and made of thin, waterproof sheeting, means for fastening the vertical edges of the panel to each other to form a sleeve, a plurality of transverse rows of pleats folded in the sheeting across the front of the sleeve, each row of pleats having the outside fold positioned below the inside fold so as to shed water, a row of components of a two-component snap fastener mounted on each pleat, a flap depending from the central rear portion of said wrap-around panel, and a row of the complementary components of said snap fasteners mounted across the lower inside edge of said flap.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 666,286 Schneebeli Jan. 22, 1901 668,683 Johnson Feb. 26, 1901 1,403,030 Janzow Jan. 10, 1922 1,788,731 Mishel Jan. 13, 1931 2,075,414 Wheeler Mar. 30, 1937 2,227,751 Idelman Jan. 7, 1941 2,242,130 Hutchison May 13, 1941 2,327,881 Friedman Aug. 24, 1943 

